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From: rbowman <bowman@montana.com>
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Subject: Re: The joy of actual numbers, was Democracy
Date: 4 Nov 2024 18:25:33 GMT
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On Mon, 4 Nov 2024 15:48:13 +0100, D wrote:

> My bet is more on Brave New World in the form os positive psychology and
> "nudging"-research when it comes to the new religion of "science" in the
> west and how the government can "nudge" the common man to be cute and
> friendly.

If anything government should be promoting the uncommon man but I'm not 
looking for that any time soon. Governments are comfortable with the 
mediocre and below.